Max Payne
2008 Directed by John Moore
Synopsis
Coming together to solve a series of murders in New York City are a DEA agent whose family was slain as part of a conspiracy and an assassin out to avenge her sister's death. The duo will be hunted by the police, the mob, and a ruthless corporation.
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I swear this is one of the worst films I have ever seen.
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Seriously. The amount of flak this video game adaptation gets I was expecting Mortal Kombat: Annihilation or Silent Hill: Revelations. I prepared myself for complete and utter bollocks and what I got instead was a very expensive B-Movie which doesn't really feel much like Max Payne.
To say the acting is poor here would suggest that the persons on screen are actually doing any of that acting stuff to begin with. This is essentially a group of people, sleep-reading lines from a bland and cliched script.
The only actor here that managed to keep my attention was Olga kurylenko and she's barley even in the movie. Poor Marky Mark just isn't gruff, cynical or dickhead'ish enough to portray Max Payne.… -
Max Payne, one of the most beloved characters of his decade. The games and even the newest entry into the series (Max Payne 3) are filled with hate, anger, revenge, passion and almost every other emotion under the sun. The premise of the games is simple, and with the right director and writing team, could’ve made for an entertaining and exhilarating film filled with all those aforementioned emotions. Sadly, this is as far from any of those things as anything I’ve ever seen. In all truth, Max Payne is an absolute train-wreck of a movie. The real problem with Max Payne, as a whole, is that it doesn’t make an awful lot of sense. Directed by the guy behind the…
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Not yet, Max.
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I have no experience with the video game Max Payne and so probably failed to pick up any of the possible cool or story broadening points in this film. What I did pick up though was a tremendously weak build up and story, in addition to confusing character introductions and sad exits. Some of the more action filled sequences made me almost pass out due to boredom, but the film had some stylish visuals that I quite liked.
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I can't really pass judgement on what sort of computer game adaptation this is as have never played the game.
Judging it therefore purely as a film, I am afraid that it is just too weak. Mark Wahlberg is, in my opinion, a fine actor but he just doesnt have enough to work with here. If they had spent more time on the story could have been so much better.
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easily the worst film i have ever seen
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Surely the only reason you could have for wanting to adapt a computer game is if the plot is original or the visual style is unique.
Woefully pointless with a main character who isn't charismatic, clever, or physically superior in a film that required at least one to keep you interested during the tedious and poorly constructed narrative.
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It really isn't AS bad as people say, but it's a poor adaptation to the video game and a poor action film. To me, an action film should raise your pulse, get your adrenaline going, but this film's set-pieces are so limp and vanilla, it screams missed opportunity.
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The only thing this movie did right was not force a stupid romantic side plot between Wahlberg and Kunis.
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Seriously. The amount of flak this video game adaptation gets I was expecting Mortal Kombat: Annihilation or Silent Hill: Revelations. I prepared myself for complete and utter bollocks and what I got instead was a very expensive B-Movie which doesn't really feel much like Max Payne.
To say the acting is poor here would suggest that the persons on screen are actually doing any of that acting stuff to begin with. This is essentially a group of people, sleep-reading lines from a bland and cliched script.
The only actor here that managed to keep my attention was Olga kurylenko and she's barley even in the movie. Poor Marky Mark just isn't gruff, cynical or dickhead'ish enough to portray Max Payne.… -
So forgettable I started forgetting it while I was watching it.
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This was on but I wasn't paying full attention.
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The first 80 min - sucked balls.
Last 20 min - pretty sweet.Too much plot, not enough guns or Mila Kunis. Here's a comparison I found interesting (courtesy of moviebodycounts.com):
Max Payne (Wahlberg): 23 kills.
Smith (Clive Owen): 141 kills.Max Payne tried WAY too hard to be a deep, plot-driven movie. It should have just been guns blazing. Too bad, I usually enjoy Mark Wahlberg.
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Egy igazán remek darab. A játék alapján a történet ismert, de mégis magával ragad.
Slow motion, hóesés! <3